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Management of Environmental, Social and Gender risks in adaptation

projects

June 7, 2016READINESS PROGRAMME WEBINAR # 3

Dr Dirk Lamberts27 October 2016

IMPLEMENTING THE ESP

Overall

Same ESP requirements for AFB as for NIEs

AFB Secretariat NIEs

Tool: application form + any annexes

Evidence-based

Comprehensive

Unknown/unidentified activities, programme/Unidentified Sub-Projects (USP) approach need for a mechanism to identify risks during implementation as an element of the ESMP

ESMP: structure, roles and responsibilities

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Common issues and problems with ESP compliance in project/programme applications

Unsubstantiated (lack of) risk findings: when conclusion is not obvious, explain.

Risk management must be comprehensive: all activities, all locations, all stakeholders, all risks (direct, indirect, secondary, cumulative), by ESP principles

When risks are identified, an ESMP is required: practical, pragmatic, effective, transparent (don’t be afraid)

Link between project/programme-level environmental and social safeguarding measures and the IE’s Environmental and Social Management System, how will IE’s capability ( accreditation process) be applied to this project/programme?

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Common issues and problems with ESP compliance in project/programme applications (ctd)

Difficulties in risk assessment and ensuing

categorisation (often reverse)

Inconsistencies in application documents

Too much/irrelevant information in the application

documents (e.g. on national safeguard

requirements)

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Common issues and problems with applying the 15

principles in project/programme applications

Unsubstantiated claims regarding risks

No information on the processes that were used to

formulate the project/programme

Information included inadequate

Insufficiently or not evidence-based

Lack of consultation

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THE GENDER POLICY

What is the Gender Policy?

An Operational Policy and Guideline (OPG),

determining the modalities for financing by

the Fund

AF Board adopted in March 2016

New OPG, operationalisation with tiered

introduction

Has implications for all actors involved: AF

Board, AFB Secretariat, AFB panels,

Designated Authorities, Implementing

Entities, Executing Entities and ultimately

beneficiaries

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Link with AF Environmental and Social Policy

The Gender Policy (GP) builds on the ESP, in particular its risk principles on

Access and Equity

Marginalised and vulnerable groups

Human rights

The GP expands the ESP principle of Gender equity and women’s empowerment’ to promote gender equality: equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities and access of women and men; equal consideration of their respective interests, needs and priorities

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THE GENDER POLICY

Gender Policy in project/programme proposals

Comprehensive

Specific gender elements in the design of its adaptation activities and expected outputs.

Initial gender assessment

Selecting gender-responsive indicators

Designing gender-responsive implementation and monitoring arrangements

Screening of proposals for gender responsiveness by AFS and partners

Consultation of stakeholders in a gender-equal way

Guidance document (March 2017)

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THE GENDER POLICY

GP-related changes to application form:

Justification

II.A: Description. include, as appropriate,

specific gender elements in the design of its

adaptation activities and expected outputs.

II.B: Benefits. initial gender analysis and

assessment to establish a baseline against

which results of gender responsive

approaches and actions can be measured.

II.H: Consultation. Gender-responsive.

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II.K: ESP and GP. elaborate on the gender-

specific cultural and/or legal context in which

the project/programme will operate.

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Implementation arrangements

III.A: Adequacy. implementation

arrangements should incorporate gender-

responsive elements as appropriate.

III.C: E&S risk management. assessing gender

impacts and risks, in compliance with the

Gender Policy of the Fund.

III.E: Results framework. indicators and targets

should be gender sensitive and

disaggregated by sex as appropriate.

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Implementation arrangements

III.G: Budget. ensure that adequate resources

are allocated in the project/programme

budget for gender-responsive

implementation

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IMPLEMENTING THE ESP AND GP

Recommendations:

Ensure risk identification and impact assessments

are comprehensive, as well as the management

response

For projects/programmes with unidentified sub-

projects or activities, the risk identification

mechanism must be included in the ESMP, which

is mandatory for such projects/programmes

An ESMP needs a clear structure and a clear

allocation of roles and responsibilities.

The link between the environmental and social

safeguard measures of a project/programme

and the Environmental and Social Management

System (ESMS) of the IE must be clear.

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